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10 Strange Creatures That Prowl the Pages of Medieval Bestiaries
Some fictional medieval animals, including dragons and ... A cinnamologus, also known as a cinnamon bird, was a mythical beast that made its nests from cinnamon—which was then a scarce and ...
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Five fantastic medieval beasts and where to find them
Inherited from Classical culture, medieval sirens were depicted as part-human from the waist up, and part-bird or part-fish from the waist down. Some early examples combine avian and piscine ...
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Fairies, Elves, And Sirens Were Just Some Of The Supernatural Creatures In Medieval Stories, And The Belief In These Phenomena Shaped Life During The Middle Ages
Some creatures that were described in medieval records included elves ... they took the form of beautiful women and carried ...